[Scan-DC] North Face Endurance Challenge

[Shawn P. Stokes]

There were events in Fairfax over the weekend at Great Falls Park supported by Fire and Rescue, not sure what else or where else they were at.



On Apr 20, 2015, at 10:46 PM, Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:

> Thanks.
> I'm familiar with the concept.  It's like the Marshall Hall area.
> But the event took place in Loudoun County, not Fairfax, right?
> Who controls access to those Montgomery County radios that were used?
> Do those radios, for example, have access to the County's encrypted talk groups?
> And that talk group 13232 has not appeared in the Montgomery County system registry.
> http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=2142
> 
> 
> At 06:50 PM 4/20/2015, Christopher Sampl wrote:
>> It is a shared talkgroup from Montgomery to Fairfax County.  Jurisdictions share talkgroups on their system to bordering counties where their system strength is stronger for certain areas. This is the case here where Montgomery County's system is stronger in Great Falls than Fairfax County's hence the use of shared, ghost, talkgroups.Â
>> 
>> Hope this helps.Â
>> 
>> On Sunday, April 19, 2015, Jeff Krauss <<mailto:jeff at krauss.ws>jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:
>> The North Face Endurance Challenge is going on now in Loudoun County.
>> I'm listening to the race officials on Montgomery County TG 13232.
>> Why are they using the Montgomery County radio system?
>> 
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